LXDM

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Revision as of 12:59, 5 December 2011 by Niadh(talk | contribs)(Initial page, I have often looked to find this and had to dig deep into the lxde page, and since every other display manager has a page why not lxdm?)

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Installation

To make the graphical login the default method of logging into the system, edit your /etc/inittab file (recommended) by adding or uncommenting this line:

x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/lxdm >/dev/null 2>&1

Alternatively you can add lxdm to your list of daemons in /etc/rc.conf. These procedures are detailed on the Display Manager page.

Configuration

The configuration files for LXDM are all located in Template:Filename. The main configuration file is Template:Filename, and is well documented in it's comments. Another file, Template:Filename, is the systemwide x session configuration file and should generally not be edited. The other files in this folder are all bash scripts, which are run when certain events happen in LXDM.

These are:

Template:Filename: Is executed with root priviledges when LXDM is ready to show the login window.

Expected Logout Behavior

What might be slightly surprising with LXDM is that, by default, it does not clear the last user's desktop background or kill the user's processes when that user logs out. If you desire this behaviour, you can edit Template:Filename like this: